Pedal car



`Ju'neie 9, 1925.

H. .1. FERRIS PEDAL CAR Filed Deo. 17, 1925 00 9 rv l Patented June 9, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

I-IOVIARD J. FERRIS, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO HUNT-HELM-FERBIS @c COMPANY, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

PEDAL CAR.

Application filed December 17, 1923. Serial No. 681,122.

'1'0 all whom t may concern.'

Re it known that I, I-IowARD J. F Ennis, a citizen of the United States, residing at Harvard, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pedal Cars, of which the following' is a. specification.

This invention relates to toy wheel goods, particularly to pedal cars, play cars, and the like, and is fully described in the following specification, as .shown in the accompanying drawings; in which,

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the front fork of a pedal car embodying the invention, showing the near pedal crank removed;

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 of Fig. 1:

Fig. 4 is a detail of the crank; and

Fig. 5 is a detail of the end of the wheel shaft.

The embodiment illustrated comprises a front fork consisting of a U-shaped member to which is secured a steering shaft 11. Cup-like house members 12 are secured to the ends of the U-shaped member 10 by means of screws 18. These house members enclose a ball bearing 14 which fits over the reduced end 15 of the shaft. The center portion 16 of this shaft is enlarged and has a shoulder 17 against which disks 18 may be drawn by nuts 19 which are screwed on the threaded portion 20 of the shaft. These disks have a relatively fiat portion 21 near the rim which bear against each other, the depth of the disks being such that the bearing portions 21 are in contact for about onesixteenth of an inch, or such a matter, before the last disk 18 is drawn down against the shoulder 17. This provides a rigid wheel for vthis purpose and one which, at the same time, can be readily disassembled to permit withdrawing or replacing the tire 22 which is held between the outwardly extending rim flanges 28.

The shaft 15 is drilled axially to Ipermit of the insertion of the end 24v of the pedal crank 25. Ears 26 are preferably pressed up from opposite sides of thefcrank and lie within slots 27 in the reduced end 15 of the shaft. A Cotter-pin 28 passes through the shaft and crank to retain the latter therein, the entire torsion of the crank, however, being delivered to the shaft through the ears 26 and the slot-s 27.

lhen it is desired to use this vehicle as a pedal car, the cranks are inserted, as shown in F 2, but if it is desired to use it or sell it as a play car which is propelled by the child pushing with its feet on the ground while it rides the car, t-he Cotter-pins .28 are removed and the cranks withdrawn.

lVhile I have shown and described certain embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that it is capable of many modications. Changes, therefore, in the construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as disclosed in the appended claims, in which it is my intention to claim all novelty inherent in my invention as broadly as possible in view of the prior art.

I claim 1. In toy wheel goods, a fork rotatably kmounted for steering, bearings in the ends of said fork, a shaft journalled in said bearings, a wheel mounted on said shaft, axial holes in the ends of said shaft, cranks detaehably secured in said holes and means for transmitting power from said cranks to said shaft independently of the securing means.

2. In toy wheel goods, a fork rotatably mounted for steering, bearings in the ends of said fork, a shaft journalled in said bearings, a wheel mounted on said shaft, axial holes in the ends of said shafts, cranks detachably secured in said holes, notches in the ends of said shaft, ears on said cranks for engaging said notches, and detachable means for retaining said cranksin said shaft.

3. In toy wheel goods, a fork rotatably mounted for steering, bearings, in the ends of said fork, a shaft journalled in said bearings, a wheel mounted on said shaft, axial holes in the ends of said shafts, cranks detachably secured in said holes, notches in the ends of said shaft, ears on said cranks for engaging said notches, and detachable pins passing through said cranks and shaft for retaining said cranks in said shaft.

4. In toy Wheel goods, ay fork rotatably mounted for steering, hearings in the ends of seid fork, a shaft journalled in said bea-rings, a Wheel mounted on said shaft, axial holes in Vthe ends of Sayid shaft @ranks cletaelmbly seem-'ed in said holes and means at the ends of said shaft for transmitting power from said cranks to said shaft independently ol the securing means.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set 10 my hand and seal, this 14th day'of Decembe11923.

HOWARD J. "FERRlS, [ne] 

